DRAWING THE LARGER CIRCLE, HOW TO LOVE AND BE LOVED
Jack and Cornelia Addington
The authors claim that it is imperative in our times to send out ever-widening circles of love, especially to those who find it difficult to love.
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"There is no condition – no matter how fixed and intolerable – which cannot be overcome by love. There is no person, regardless of what depths he has sunk to, who cannot be helped, improved, and lifted up by love."
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"Love embraces all. Love forgives all. Love swallows up all of our failures and gives us back its grace. It is so freely given."
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"Ask yourself in everything you do, 'Is this the loving thing to do? Is this the loving answer? Am I letting God's love live through me as I take this step?'"
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"Without love we lose the will to live. Our mental and physical vitality is impaired, our resistance is lowered, and we succumb to illnesses that often prove fatal. We may escape actual death, but what remains is a meager and barren existence, emotionally so impoverished that we can only be half alive." Smiley Blanton, M.D., 'Love or Perish'
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"Love the power of love within you – this is loving God within."
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"Each person is a center of infinite love….Through recognition, the use of infinite love within a person can grow."
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"Love is everywhere present, in and through all of life. It only needs to be recognized and used, and when we understand this we find that there is no obstacle that can stand in its way."
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"Fortunately, more and more people are discovering the power of love to heal and restore human beings."
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"Love is a fire that kindles its first embers in the narrow nook of the private bosom, tossing a wandering spark out of another private heart, glows and enlarges until it forms and feeds upon the multitudes of men and women, upon the universal heart of all, and so lights the whole world, and all nature with its generous light." Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Now, we see that if love does not supplant hate we will destroy ourselves. Hate, resentment and fear are destructive. Love, rightly used, is constructive and it is through love and understanding that a strong and enduring civilization will emerge."
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"It is not a matter of 'I ought to love'; not 'I will love'; not 'I hope to love some day'; but 'I love you now'. You may not like what a person does; you may not approve of him, but you cannot afford to not love him. Think to yourself: 'I love God in this person.'"
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"Man, the image and likeness of God, the very expression of God, is one with the Presence; but only his recognition of his oneness will bring unity into his experience."
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"Love is the self-givingness of the Spirit through the desire of Life to express Itself in terms of creation. Love is free from condemnation, even as it is free from fear. Love is a cosmic force whose sweep is irresistible. Love is the central flame of the universe, nay, the very fire itself. Love is self-givingness through creation, the impartation of the Divine through the human." Ernest Holmes, 'The Science of Mind'
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"Love is all-inclusive. Every small attempt on our part to let the love of God express through us brings us closer to the ultimate cosmic experience of all-inclusive love."
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"The Path is constructed by the aspirant as the spider spins its web out of the centre of his own being."
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"Love lives in and through each one of us. It's like electric power lying dormant. We have to turn the switch. It's there, but it's not ours until we accept it and use it."
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"Love, being omnipresent, is the common denominator of all of life. As we express love we immediately find that we have something very definite in common with every part of life."
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"I know no feeling of separation from any living soul for we are all one as the love of God works in and through His perfect creation."
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"If people seem to be difficult, I silently bless them until enemies become friends – friends who have caused me to experience more love. There is no problem which love cannot heal. For this I give thanks."
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"There are no barriers where love is the bridge."
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"To love is to partake of the very nature of God, to be one with God."
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"We are secure forever in the knowledge of unchanging love."
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"The love we realize within ourselves and pass on to others will bring sanity to a disturbed world."
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"Love is always received – it may take time for it to be understood, but it is always received for what it is."
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"God's love is always creative. It knows exactly what to do and how to do it. It is through love that all progress and advancements are made."
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